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Deepen your connection to the new, untested, experimental, and controversial by becoming a LACE member today!

For over 30 years, LACE has set the standard for presenting contemporary art that redefines the boundaries of convention and expectation. Laurie Anderson, Chris Burden, Mike Kelley, Suzanne Lacy, Paul McCarthy, Lari Pittman, Adrian Piper, Johanna Went, David Wojnarowicz, and Bruce and Norman Yonemoto are just a few of the 5,000+ artists that have exhibited within our four walls.

LACE membership entitles you to attend exclusive exhibition previews, lectures, and screenings that will deepen your participation in contemporary art and culture alongside the artists, curators, collectors, and critics that have made our city such an exciting place.

Membership also plays an important part in helping LACE maintain its role and legacy as a leader in the Los Angeles art world. Your membership gift – at any level – will help to preserve the vigor and vitality of LACE for generations to come.

LACE Memberships

Friend $50.00 Advocate $100.00 Fellow $250.00 Contributors Circle $500.00 Presenters Circle $1,000.00 Director's Council $2,500.00 LACE Vanguard $5,000.00 Student/Artist $25.00

FRIEND $50 (100% is tax deductible)
•    One LACE membership card
•    Invitations to Exhibition Previews where you can view the work before the general public
•    Reduced or free admission to LACE public programs, including our infamous winter fundraising bacchanal, and the annual LACE 10K
•    15% discount on all LACE publications
•    15% discount at the LACE Kiosk

ADVOCATE $100 (100% is tax deductible)
All of the Friend benefits, plus:
•    One additional membership card (two total)
•    An invitation to one Meet the Artist event per year, a series of studio visits, lectures, and gallery tours held throughout the year. Past visits have included artists Joshua Aster, Kristin Calabrese, Alexandra Grant, Matt Lipps, Christopher Russell, and Liat Yossifor.
•    Reciprocal membership with over 400 North American museum including MOCA, Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, SITE Santa Fe, The Wexner Center for the Arts, and much more. Click here for a complete listing.

FELLOW $250* ($228 is tax deductible)
All of the Advocate benefits, plus:
•    One complimentary ticket to LACE’s Annual Benefit Art Auction and an invitation to the VIP Preview
•    Donor recognition in Auction printed materials
•    First opportunity to purchase new Contemporary Editions LA (CELA) artworks
•    Exclusive 15% discount on CELA artworks
•    Invitations to all Meet the Artist events
•    Reciprocal benefits at over 30 museums in the North America as part of the Modern and Contemporary Reciprocal Program, which includes several local museums such as the Hammer Museum, MOCA, the Santa Monica Museum of Art, and the MCA San Diego.

CONTRIBUTORS CIRCLE $500** ($456 is tax deductible)
All the Fellow benefits, plus:
•    One additional ticket to LACE’s Annual Benefit Art Auction (two total)
•    Two additional guest invitations to all Meet the Artist events

PRESENTERS CIRCLE $1,000 ($922 is tax deductible)
All of the Contributors Circle benefits, plus:
•    Two additional tickets to LACE’s Annual Benefit Art Auction (four total)
•    Recognition in all marketing and outreach efforts for an exhibition or Salon Series of your choice
•    Invitation for two to the annual Director's Reception, a private cocktail reception held at the home of a distinguished collector

DIRECTORS COUNCIL $2,500 ($2,368 is tax deductible)
All of the Presenters Circle benefits, plus:
•    Two additional tickets to LACE’s Annual Benefit Art Auction (six total)
•    Exclusive travel opportunities

LACE VANGUARD $5,000 ($4,780 is tax deductible)
All of the Presenters Circle benefits, plus:
•    Four additional tickets to LACE’s Annual Benefit Art Auction (ten total)
•    Opportunity to host a private reception with a gallery talk for up to twenty five friends and colleagues

STUDENT/ARTIST $25
LACE offers memberships to current students and practicing artists at a discounted rate. Student and Artist members enjoy all of the same benefits as LACE Friends.

Interested in supporting LACE in other ways?
LACE is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and all non-membership donations are 100% tax deductible!

Thank you for your support!

*Formerly Silver Circle Solo
**Formerly Silver Circle Duo

GALLERY ATTENDANT INTERNSHIP  

Attendants will work with the LACE team to carry out the day-to-day operations of the gallery. Attendants will have the opportunity to interact directly with visitors and artists during gallery hours. Attendants will also attend private walkthroughs with the artists to learn about the project and be able to fully education the public on LACE’s programming. This position provides a point of entry to contemporary art. 

 Responsibilities include:

. performing day-to-day duties, including opening/ closing gallery and tracking gallery attendance
. ensuring quality of visitors’ experience through facility maintenance
. performing clerical duties, including answering phone calls and sorting mail
. assisting with general for upcoming programs
. greeting visitors and educating the public about LACE’s programming
. providing curatorial and production support as needed
. assisting during special events

 Requirements include:

. Excellent communication skills.
. Must be available during weekends and some evenings during special events.
. Must be interested in contemporary art and willing to learn about current and upcoming exhibitions.
. Technical experience (a/v operation) is a plus.

TO APPLY

Send a resume and cover letter indicating position of interest to Geneva Skeen, Program Coordinator at geneva (at) welcometolace (dot) org.
Applications will be accepted a rolling basis.  

LACE summer 2013 Curatorial Intern

If you are interested in facilities rental, contact Geneva Skeen, Program Coordinator at geneva@welcometolace.org or by calling 323.957.1777 ext 14.

Floor plan available upon request.

LACE SUMMER 2013 CURATORIAL INTERN

This Curatorial Intern will participate in LACE’s summer season programming featuring Interference by Eric Zimmerman and Nathalie Pozzi, an interactive gaming installation in LACE’s main gallery, and Nicholas Mangan’s single-channel video projection A World Undone in LACE’s rear gallery. The Curatorial Intern will learn the conventions and protocols of mounting exhibitions and producing public programs, and will gain valuable introductions to artists, curators and critics working in contemporary art today. This internship is for a student who is interested in learning about the curatorial process and who wants to develop exhibition and event production skills for organizing international, technically innovative artists. LACE’s summer season coincides with the 10-week internship cycle, which ensures that the intern will experience the various phases of a LACE programming cycle.

Over the course of this internship, the Curatorial Intern will:

1. Participate in all aspects of the coordination, production and presentation of LACE’s summer exhibitions, including gallery and artwork preparation, researching technical requirements and responding to requests from participating artists, technicians and special contractors; 

2. Assist LACE staff in coordinating the evening and weekend events and other public programs, which may include performances, film screenings, workshops and family days;

3. Serve as a LACE Gallery Guide team leader who interacts directly with the public and educates visitors about current exhibitions and events. The Curatorial Intern will assist in the development of didactic materials that provide a point of entry to the contemporary art on view. He/she will be involved in the gallery’s opening and closing procedures, as well as general exhibition maintenance;

4. Oversee photographic and digital documentation of events and installations. This will include preparing and uploading digital documentation and related artists' materials to the LACE website, social media platforms, and blog;

5. Promote LACE programs and initiate community outreach in alliance with LACE's communications efforts;

6. Participate in the evaluation of LACE’s summer programs by surveying LACE visitors to assess the depth and quality of public interaction; and 

7. Support ongoing program-related activities on a day-to-day basis, including processing artists’ submissions, researching components of upcoming projects and attending special events.

Requirements include:

. experience with exhibition installation

. willingness to work with a hands-on team environment

. proficiency with web and social media platforms

. strong writing skills for both communications content and correspondence

. experience with the Adobe Design Suite and other new media

. technical experience in setting up and operating a/v equipment

. photo/video documentation a plus

The primary supervisor of the Curatorial Intern will be the Program Coordinator relating to the production of LACE programs and help her/him build basic skills in audience development. The Associate Director/Curator will provide direction and support in curatorial communications as well as act as the human resources contact to train the intern in areas of office procedures. The first week of the internship will include an orientation to the facility, members of the staff, technical equipment and data-entry procedures, phone, office and gallery protocol, as well as an historical overview of the organization and its upcoming programs and events. The Intern will be provided with her/his own desk adjacent to the Program Coordinator. In addition to weekly check-in meetings with the student’s primary supervisor, there will be a 5-week mid-term review and a presentation to the staff at the end of the internship.

COMPENSATION: $3,500 gross salary for a consecutive ten-week period 
TIME COMMITMENT: June 2013 - August 2013 full time (must attend Getty orientation and two Learning Community events (dates tbd.)

TO APPLY
Send a resume and a cover letter with your position of interest to Geneva Skeen, Program Coordinator at geneva@welcometolace.org. For further information, please contact Geneva Skeen via e-mail or at (323) 957-1777 x 14. 
Deadline for first review of applications: May 1, 2013.

ABOUT LACE
LACE is a contemporary visual art space that encourages people and projects working across diverse creative forms to interrogate the boundaries of culture and artistic practice. LACE exhibitions, performances, screenings, dialogs and other public forums strive to inspire the public imagination and to expand interactions between art and audience. Located in the heart of Hollywood, LACE contributes to the activation of Los Angeles' urban landscape and champions art's ability to engage with the timely issues that shape local and global life. Become part of LACE’s illustrious history today, while ensuring its vibrant future.  For more information, please visit www.welcometolace.org.

ABOUT THE SUMMER EXHIBITIONS ARTISTS
Nathalie Pozzi is an architect whose projects cross the boundaries of art installation, architecture, and landscape. Trained in Venice, Stockholm and Helsinki, Pozzi explores the classical design of space and light and the elegant use of materials, while also incorporating social and ethnographic elements into her work. Her work seeks to expand the possibilities of architecture from building beautiful structures into a global and cultural act. Projects range from the short film “Home”, presented at the 4th International Festival for Architecture in Video in Florence, to design and production consulting for internationally renowned artists. Recent work with game designer Eric Zimmerman involves the creation of large-scale physical games, including Starry Heavens, exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 2011.  

Eric Zimmerman is a game designer, entrepreneur, artist, author, and academic who has been working in the game industry for nearly 20 years. Eric’s diverse activities have made him one of the New York Observer’s “Power Punks,” one of Interview Magazine’s “30 To Watch,” one of International Design Magazine’s “ID 40” influential designers and one of The Hollywood Reporter’s “Digital 50” along with Stephen Spielberg and Will Wright. Eric has received a “VIP Award” by the International Game Developers Association for his years of work in the game creation community. Eric has been called “The Lou Reed of Games” by Stephen Johnson in his book Emergence and leading games scholar Dr. James Paul Gee has written that Eric “is surely one of the smartest and most creative humans I have ever met.”

Zimmerman is a founding faculty at the NYU Game Center, where he currently works with the faculty and staff to shape the curriculum and teach game design as a full-time professor. Previously, Eric has taught courses at MIT’s Comparative Media Studies Program, New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program and Game Center, Parsons School of Design’s MFA in Digital Technologies Program, and School of Visual Arts’ Designer as Author MFA Program.  Eric was the Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer of Gamelab, a game development company based in New York City that was named one of 5 “Rising Star” design firms by HOW Magazine. Gamelab’s games, which include the casual game blockbuster hit Diner Dash, have won awards from the GDC Independent Games Festival, Games for Change, ID Magazine, Art Directors Club, ARS Electronica, as well as finalist nominations in the Webby Awards, the IGDA Developers Choice Awards, and the Zeebys casual game awards. Founded in 2000, Gamelab created innovative games for broad audiences, including singleplayer and multiplayer online games, as well as games in other media both on and off the computer. Gamelab worked with partners including LEGO, HBO, VH-1, Nickelodeon, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Disney, Mattel, PlayFirst, PBS, Fisher-Price, Leapfrog, and many, many others. Gamelab closed its doors in 2009.

Nicholas Mangan was born in Geelong, Victoria. He completed fine art studies at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, in 1999; quickly followed by a two year studio residency at Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, between 2001 and 2002. Mangan has been awarded numerous international residencies, including Recollets Artist Residency, Paris, in 2011 and the Australia Council's New York Green Street Residency in 2006. In 2007 he was a recipient of the Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship, resulting in postgraduate studies at Universität der Künste in Berlin, Germany. Mangan has exhibited extensively in Australia and internationally.  Aptly described as a material storyteller, Mangan draws from both recent history and deep time to tease out narratives of the rise and fall of civilizations, ambition, construction, rupture and decay and in an unquestionably concrete language. For A World Undone, Mangan explores what is said to be oldest geological material on earth.

VOLUNTEER for LACE'S 2013 BENEFIT ART AUCTION!

Be a part of our team!

Volunteers needed for the LACE Benefit Art Auction. Raising over a third
of LACE's annual funding, the Auction is a lively and impressive
event featuring the works of contemporary artists and local musicians.

REQUIRED DATES:

5:15pm - 11:00pm

*Pre-event opportunities also available (May, production support, art hanging and prep)

4 VOLUNTEER POSITIONS AVAILABLE:

1) REGISTRATION & RECEPTION:

- greet guests
- check-in guests and obtain their payment information
- process guests purchases during check out
- membership sales

Ideal candidates are organized, outgoing, and comfortable in a dynamic
crowd setting.

2) DOCENTS:

- educate visitors about the auction and LACE's programming
- crowd control
- ensure safety of artwork
- facilities maintenance

Ideal candidates are outgoing, self-motivated, and interested in talking
about art and LACE's programming.

3) AUCTION ASSISTANTS:

- assist during live auction: writing down bids, spotting bidders
- monitor bids during silent auction
- process winning bids with registrars during check out
- assist art handling team to ensure all guests receive
  artwork in a timely manner.

Ideal candidates are organized, familiar with fundraising events and
excited about working in a group environment.

4) ART HANDLERS:

- handle & pack artwork
- give guests their purchased artwork at check out
- assist with installation of artwork and prepping gallery for
auction

Ideal candidates have experience with art handling and feel comfortable
in front of a crowd and thrive in a high-paced environment.

GET CREDIT: The volunteer positions are applicable for school and work-study credit.

TO APPLY

Please send an email with the position of interest and your resume to:

Andrea Dominguez

laceinternships@gmail.com

WHAT IS THE LACE BENEFIT ART AUCTION?

The event attracts over 500 art patrons, collectors, celebrities,
artists, gallerists, and creative business executives from around the
world. Invited guests include LACE members and special supporters, as
well as supporting level contributors to MOCA and LACMA. Recentauctions
have attracted celebrities and cultural leaders such as Tony Alva, Jesse
Dylan, Rachel Griffiths, John C. Reilly, not to mention Dita Von Teese,
who performed to a sell-out crowd.

Working with leading curators and artists during LACE's Benefit Art
Auction, the Art Handler volunteers get an inside look at a major
non-profit arts fundraising event.

PARTICIPATING CURATORS:
Nancy Baker Cahill, Cassandra Coblentz, Robert Crouch, Finishing School, Marsea Goldberg, Mark Steven Greenfield, Shoghig Halajian, Taylor Jacobson, Flora Kao, Hoojung Lee, Jane McFadden, Mason Meadows, Aram Moshayedi, Kori Newkirk, Calvin Phelps, Analia Saban, Mathew Timmons, Laura Watts, and Charlie White.

FEATURED ARTISTS:
Laylah Ali, Math Bass, Liz Glynn, Piero Golia, Ann Hamilton, Dawn Kasper, William Leavitt, Meleko Mokgosi, Gina Osterloh, Raymond Pettibon, Sterling Ruby, Christopher Russell, Julie Tolentino, Liat Yossifor, and many, many more.